Take Me in the Dark

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responded to the voice of his little head, which was begging him to untie the bathing suit top for an unobscured look at her heaving chest. He felt the little head poking up for a better view, urging him to bury his face between those beauties.
    “Answer me!” she demanded, drawing his attention back to the situation.
    Derek forced the big head to take control. “Derek Holmes, Ma’am. I’m here for our appointment about your landscaping work.”
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    “When the time comes, Aiva, you’ll make me an offer I can’t refuse.” 
    It seemed like a good idea at the time. Any publicity is good publicity, right? But when curvy Aiva, owner of Blooms In Yellow, starts a media ruckus outside her flower shop to increase business, the attention brings all the rats out of hiding. 

    Namely Daniel, her cousin and the loan shark who funded her startup. A load shark tied to organized crime who is a bit miffed when Aiva starts attracting attention. Like any good rat, he prefers to stay in the dark. The attention also attracts Leon Sudano, billionaire mogul and reformed crime lord. Of course the Sudano's, under his rule, are completely legitimate. And his interested in Aiviana is perfectly innocent... 

    ...only it isn't. He's been watching Aiva for years, waiting patiently to make his first, and last, move. Because when Sudano plays, he plays for keeps. Aiva must balance her pride in being an independent women business owner with her growing attraction for the sexy, powerful Leon who showers her with gifts and attention... and steals her heart. 
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    “You don’t have to buy me all these presents, you know. Not that I’m complaining.”
    “No, I haven’t noticed you complaining.” He smiled at her, taking her hands to draw her to her feet. Wrapping an arm around her waist, his other hand cupped the back of her neck. Her heart began to beat, the way it always did when he fit his body to hers. “I like buying you things. What’s the point of being rich if I can’t spoil my woman?”
    “Am I?” she asked softly, hands resting on his shoulders.
    His dark brow rose. “Are you what?”
    “Your woman.”
    Green eyes narrowed. “What kind of question is that?”
    “A simple question. You say I’m your woman, but…” Aiva hesitated, her normal bluntness deserting her. And she could feel the heat coloring her cheeks. “We haven’t- I mean-”
    His expression cleared. “Ah. Aiva, don’t ever doubt me.”
    He pulled her closer, guiding her palm down his body until she was touching him, cupping his hardening length. She inhaled. The heat of him, the pulse of life in his organ awoke an answering yearning. Licking her lips, Aiva stroked gently, feeling something dark and primal rise in her.
    Leon swore, hand tightening in her hair. “Damnit, Aiva. That was a bad idea.”
    “Why? Why is it a bad idea? Why can’t we just fuck, Leon?”
    He jerked, taking a full step back. She didn’t know whether to be flattered or offended that she’d made a grown man, a man who headed a corporation with roots in organized crime, flee from her.
    “I made a promise,” he said roughly.
    “What?”
    He closed his eyes, nearly cringing. “Your father made me promise not to… dishonor you before we were wed.”
    “You and my father discussed me and sex?”
    He caught her around the waist as she whirled, heading towards the counter where her house phone rested.
    “Jesus, don’t call him. He’ll know something is up.”
    Aiva twisted in his arms, glaring, not caring that now his cheeks were also tinged with a deeper color.
    “You let me go! I am going to call him, and I’m going to give him a piece of my mind! How dare you to discuss my decisions, my life, behind my back like I’m the prize heifer being passed from one goatherd to the other?”
    “Think you have your nouns mixed up a bit- hey!” He grabbed the

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